DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/08 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.0 - - 67.9 - - 59.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 25 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4091 - - 4613 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3083 - - 921 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4980 - - 5502 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1564 - - 1703 - - 3358 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 313 - - 223 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 266 - - 283 - - 358 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1513 - - -1380 - - -3357 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6494 - - 6882 - - 4294 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5758 - - -5621 - - -8047 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10738 - - 11123 - - 8984 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 83 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.0 - - 67.9 - - 59.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.9 - - 41.1 - - 44.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.4 - - 67.9 - - 63.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.6 - - 39.9 - - 43.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 93 - - 25 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4091 - - 4613 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 23 - - 33 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97405 49 251 52 248 53 247 97405 90174 41 239 42 252 39 257 90174 84580 27 233 36 250 31 264 84580 79932 17 261 19 267 21 262 79932 75912 16 279 16 266 17 279 75912 72347 17 282 14 263 17 276 72347 69103 19 296 15 278 16 263 69103 66096 24 287 22 282 20 284 66096 63304 28 279 30 277 30 293 63304 60618 31 278 34 282 36 289 60618 57830 37 291 41 285 41 285 57830 54938 49 292 51 287 50 287 54938 52172 60 287 61 281 60 280 52172 49673 63 283 63 277 61 280 49673 47417 65 283 67 283 69 283 47417 45368 70 285 76 282 80 280 45368 43505 76 283 77 276 81 270 43505 41803 75 282 67 275 68 271 41803 40237 71 284 62 285 73 291 40237 38791 71 288 68 293 85 295 38791 37446 72 289 75 291 79 286 37446 36146 71 287 75 287 70 278 36146 34817 69 284 72 283 68 287 34817 33431 69 282 68 285 72 292 33431 31994 68 284 64 289 76 300 31994 30491 66 287 62 293 78 298 30491 28908 65 288 59 292 81 298 28908 27248 64 287 62 290 76 302 27248 25511 61 288 63 289 67 300 25511 23697 59 290 63 292 64 296 23697 21807 60 291 61 291 65 294 21807 19839 62 293 58 293 63 296 19839 17788 65 296 61 297 58 298 17788 15693 63 297 63 300 56 297 15693 13671 58 298 61 301 57 297 13671 11837 53 298 54 300 55 298 11837 10211 48 298 47 298 51 301 10211 8768 43 298 41 295 46 300 8768 7487 34 298 32 289 40 298 7487 6352 25 294 21*277 28 294 6352 5351 18*289 17*279 17 273 5351 4471 13*281 15 280 14 280 4471 3693 12 274 13 282 12 289 3693 2995 10 265 12 284 10 302 2995 2379 9 260 11 286 8 318 2379 1864 8 258 10 286 8 330 1864 1468 8 256 9 287 7 339 1468 1196 7 255 9 287 6 346 1196 1031 7 255 8 288 4*352 1031 937 6 254 7 288 2*358 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography